MGMAT SC online practice

by **Nov1907** Mon Oct 08, 2007 6:30 pm

Though formerly considered ill-formed and primitive, Henri Rousseau has become an iconic figure of Post-Impressionism for his dream-like canvases painted like he was naive.

A ) Henri Rousseau has become an iconic figure of Post-Impressionism for his dream-like canvases painted like he was naive.
B ) Henri Rousseau's canvases, painted in a naive, dream-like style, later established the artist as an icon of Post-Impressionism.
C ) Henri Rousseau painted canvases in a naive, dream-like style that has become an icon of Post-Impressionism.
D ) Henri Rousseau's canvases were painted in a naive, dream-like style that was later iconic of Post-Impressionism.
E ) the canvases of Henri Rousseau are icons of Post-Impressionism due to being painted in a naive, dream-like style.

The explanations say that choice E uses "due to" incorrectly instead of bcause of. What determines when "due to" should be used as opposed to "because of" ?

Thanks in advance for the reply.

by **Nov1907** Mon Oct 08, 2007 7:09 pm

Another question based on the above SC. Why can't the canvases be icons? Can't inanimate objects be icons? Does it always have to be a person ?

by **RonPurewal** Fri Oct 12, 2007 4:44 am

Hi Nov1907.

One cardinal rule of GMAT sentence correction:
Don't change the meaning of a sentence, unless the original is complete nonsense.

In this case, the original makes it clear that the 'icon' was Rousseau, and not his work (and this makes perfect sense). So you shouldn't change it.

by **noV1907** Fri Oct 12, 2007 1:13 pm

Thanks Ron. Between Stacey's ( in another forum) and your explanations I have the answer I needed.